episialin

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English

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, epithel(ium) +‎ sial(omuc)in or By surface analysis, epi- +‎ sial- +‎ -in; the first most likely reflects the historical origin.

Noun

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episialin (countable and uncountable, plural episialins)

  1. (biochemistry) An epithelial sialomucin.